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  • In attaching a butt-hinge, the essential thing is to sink the hinge into the wood, exactly the thickness of the knuckle.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • The most common are the butt-hinge or butt, the two leaves of which are rectangular, as in

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • A butt-hinge may be set in one of three positions, Fig. 235: (1) Where it is desired to have the hinge open as wide as possible, as in a door.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

  • "stopped butt-hinge," which is specially made to answer the above purpose; in its action a similar mechanical principle as the one applied to the box is used.

    Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham

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